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''Caravan of Death'' () is a 1920 silent German film directed by
Josef Stein Josef Stein (2 February 1876 – 16 June 1937) was an Austrian film director and producer. He contributed to more than thirty films from 1917 to 1937. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stein, Josef 1876 b ...
and featuring
Carl de Vogt Carl de Vogt (14 September 1885 – 16 February 1970) was a German film actor who starred in four of Fritz Lang's early films. He attended the acting school in Cologne, Germany. Together with acting he was also active as a singer and recorded sev ...
as Kara Ben Nemsi. The film was an adaptation of the latter half of the
Karl May Karl Friedrich May ( , ; 25 February 1842 – 30 March 1912) was a German author. He is best known for his novels of travels and adventures, set in the American Old West, the Orient, the Middle East, Latin America, China and Germany. He als ...
novel ''From Baghdad to Stamboul'', and is now considered to be lost. It was a sequel to Stein's earlier 1920 film ''
On the Brink of Paradise ''On the Brink of Paradise'' (/ transl: ''On the Ruins of Paradise'') is a 1920 German 90-minute film directed by Josef Stein and featuring Carl de Vogt in the title role of Kara Ben Nemsi. Béla Lugosi was thought to have appeared in a support ...
''.
Béla Lugosi Blaskó Béla Ferenc Dezső (; October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956), better known by the stage name Bela Lugosi ( ; ), was a Hungarian–American actor. He was best remembered for portraying Count Dracula in the horror film classic ''Dracul ...
played a supporting role as a sheik. Erwin Baron, who wrote the screenplay, also played Omram in the film.


Plot

Kara Ben Nemsi and his servant Haji Halef Omar join a group of Mohammedans on a pilgrimage to bury their dead. When a plague erupts, the two men become infected. Weakened by the disease, they must protect the caravan from traps set by the group's Kurdish enemies on their way to the holy site.


Cast

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Carl de Vogt Carl de Vogt (14 September 1885 – 16 February 1970) was a German film actor who starred in four of Fritz Lang's early films. He attended the acting school in Cologne, Germany. Together with acting he was also active as a singer and recorded sev ...
as Kara Ben Nemsi *
Meinhart Maur Meinhart Maur (, 18 August 1891 – 27 November 1964) was a Hungarian-German film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1919 and 1954. He was born in Hajdúnánás into a Jewish family. He fled Nazi Germany in 1936 and settled in Lon ...
as Hadschi Halef Omar / Saduk * Erwin Baron as Omram * Gustav Kirchberg as Hassan Ardschir Mirza *
Dora Gerson Dora Gerson (born Dorothea Gerson; 23 March 1899 – 14 February 1943) was a German cabaret singer and stage and motion picture actress of the silent film era. She was murdered at Auschwitz during the Holocaust. Life and career Born Dorothea Ger ...
as Dschana Ardschir Mirza *
Cläre Lotto Cläre Lotto (23 September 1893 – 23 August 1952) was a German film actress of the silent film, silent era. She appeared in 41 films between 1916 and 1933. She married German film actor Carl de Vogt, with whom she had a son with, Karl Franz de ...
as Benda Ardschir Mirza * Maximilian Werrak as Tschaschefsky * Karl Kuszar Puffy as Kepek * Erna Felsneck as Amina *
Anna von Palen Anna von Palen (26 May 1875 – 27 January 1939) was a German film actress of the silent film, silent era. She appeared in 74 films between 1915 and 1938. She was born in Perleberg, German Empire, Germany and died in Berlin, Nazi Germany, Ge ...
as Marah Durimeh * Beate Herwigh as Hafsa *
Béla Lugosi Blaskó Béla Ferenc Dezső (; October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956), better known by the stage name Bela Lugosi ( ; ), was a Hungarian–American actor. He was best remembered for portraying Count Dracula in the horror film classic ''Dracul ...
as a Sheik (uncredited) *
Arthur Kraußneck Arthur Kraußneck (born Arthur Carl Gustav Müller; 1856–1941) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * ''The Adventuress of Monte Carlo'' (1921) * '' The Doomed'' (1924) * '' My Leopold'' (1924) * '' Chronicles of the Gray Ho ...
as Tschaschefsky


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* 1920 films 1920 adventure films 1920 lost films Films of the Weimar Republic Films based on German novels Films based on the Orient Cycle Films set in the 19th century German silent feature films German black-and-white films Lost German films Lost adventure films Silent German adventure films 1920s German films German-language adventure films {{1920s-Germany-silent-adventure-film-stub